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Stephen Bates (Journalism and Media Studies) addressed the Antitrust and Competition Conference at the University of Chicago on April 10. The conference theme was Economic Concentration and the Marketplace of Ideas. Bates spoke on the opening panel.

Cyrus Ford (Libraries) is the winner of the Libraries' Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award. Ford was nominated for his significant inclusive cataloging work, increasing accuracy and representation within 51�Թ������ܿƴ�’s local catalog and the Library of Congress Subject Headings. At 51�Թ������ܿƴ�, he manually reviewed and updated hundreds of records to follow the…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Determinants of infertility treatment from the point of couples referring to infertility treatment center in Southern Iran,” in association with coauthors from Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences in the journal Scientific Reports (Impact factor 3.8…

Congratulations to the 51�Թ������ܿƴ� racquetball team who competed in Corporate Challenge on Thursday, April 10. They won 1st overall and 10 points for 51�Թ������ܿƴ�. Competitors were Adam Koebke (Mathematics) who won gold in men's singles, Venki Muthukumar (Electrical Engineering) and Sai Parsa (Computer Science) who won gold in men's doubles, and Erica Marti…

Dr. Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj (Medicine) associate professor of internal medicine and Governor of the Nevada Chapter of the American College of Physicians, was awarded two 2025 John Tooker Evergreen Awards for enriching, educating, and engaging membership. The Nevada Chapter partnered with the Arizona Chapter to engineer debates between residency teams…

Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental) presented a poster titled "A Mandibular Radiolucency Leads to Extra-Oral Findings and an Unexpected Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis" during the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology annual meeting earlier this month. The case focused on a 49-year-old female who was initially referred to oral surgery for…

Amanda Koziura (Libraries) presented a paper, "I Have to Pay to Keep My Job: Examining Financial Barriers to Promotion and/or Tenure," at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2025 conference. The paper, co-authored by Faith Bradham from Bakersfield College and Maura Seale from the University of Michigan, explores the…

Dan Werra (Libraries) is the winner of the Libraries' Administrative Faculty of the Year Award. He was nominated for his outstanding customer service and creative problem solving in the growth and maintenance of University Libraries technologies. He has worked closely within the Libraries on technology upgrades that benefit both faculty and…

Tanya Al-Talib, Hassan Ziada, Neamat Hassan (all Dental), and Xan Goodman (University Libraries) published in the Journal of Dentistry (Elsevier) a manuscript titled, "Bruxism and Direct and Indirect Restorations Failure: A Scoping Review." This manuscript evaluated the relationship between bruxism and the failure of both direct and indirect…